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- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a man
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a man with a large head, tilted slightly backwards, on a thick, heavy neck, and topped by hair or headgear in the shape of a ball; the face has protruding eyes and nose, and the mouth holds a snake-like animal above a small beard (goatee). The figure is wearing a loincloth and holds a short stick under the left arm as well as two small jars in the hands.
- Goldweights are small objects cast from brass used to weigh out quantities of gold and gold dust. They are cast using a lost-wax casting technique, wherein wax is sculpted into the desired shape and a mold is pressed around the wax model. Then, the mold is heated and the wax drained out, leaving a void in the shape of the original wax model. Liquid brass is poured into the mold and allowed to set before the caster cracks the mold open and retrieves the finished goldweight.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1985/2.42
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Artist
- African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- figurines
- ghana (nation)
- knife
- men
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a man hoeing
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a man, wearing a loin cloth and wielding a hoe against a large, oval object, sitting on a flat, square base.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1970
- Accession Number
- 1986/2.128
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Artist
- African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- figurines
- ghana (nation)
- hoe
- men
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a human figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a human figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels and the hands at the side of the head, wearing elaborate headgear. Evidence of calcification.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.453
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Artist
- African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- figurines
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a snake
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a coiling snake.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.504
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Artist
- African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- figurines
- ghana (nation)
- snakes
- Title
- Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire
- Physical Description
- Goldweight in the shape of a crocodile.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1985
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.508
- Medium and Support
- brass
- Artist
- African, Akan-Speaking Peoples, Ghana or Côte d'Ivoire, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- crocodiles
- figurines
- ghana (nation)
- Title
- Fetish Idol
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Cameroon, Ekoi
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/1.187
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, antelope skin and vegetable pigment
- Artist
- African, Cameroon, Ekoi, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- african
- cult images
- fetish figures
- figurines
- idols
- woodwork
- Title
- Female Ancestor Figure
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Mali, Dogon
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1971
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.24
- Medium and Support
- carved wood, patination, blood, millet, egg shell
- Artist
- African, Mali, Dogon, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- ancestor figures
- ancestors
- females
- figurines
- standing
- statues
- women
- Title
- Nun Mending
- Artist
- Ilse Bing
- Physical Description
- A nun stitching a hole in linens, with figures of saints looking down from the tabletop.
- Artist Life Dates
- American, born Germany, 1899/1900-1998
- Object Creation Date
- 1935
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.46
- Medium and Support
- vintage gelatin silver print on paper
- Artist
- Bing, Ilse
- Primary Keywords
- figurines
- nun
- saint
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Elaborately carved staff with, from the top: a male figure wearing Western-style clothes, with painted eyes, eyebrows, mouth, moustache, hat and clothes, sitting on a simple stool, resting his hands on his knees; a U-shaped snake on one side and a mortar on the other; a pair of a male and a female figure on either side (the male is standing on one leg, bending the other at the knee to make a triangle); a dark black spherical form; a row of three turtles on one side and two salamanders and a frog on the other; and finally three outstretched snakes (painted yellow, brown and red, respectively), one of them eating a small frog.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.42
- Medium and Support
- wood, paint
- Artist
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples
- Primary Keywords
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- staff
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Short stick with a dark shiny patina, topped by a standing, male figure, wearing a European-style suit and brimmed hat, carrying a small box in his hands; followed by a standing female figure, unclothed, carrying a child on her back. Below are smaller figures, on either side respectively: a keeling figure, a turtle, and a bird; a brid, a turtle, a ram's horn and an ornamental motif, possibly a cross.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.64
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Artist
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Artist Unknown, African, Kongo peoples
- Primary Keywords
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- staff
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Smooth staff, topped by a standing, slightly elongated, rectangular male figure with angular curves at the elbows and buttocks and the hands held in front of the stomach, just below the navel (the left arm is damaged). The big feet are carved as one piece, with small incisions for the individual toes.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.47
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Artist
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples
- Primary Keywords
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- staff
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Pende peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- A slightly curved staff, topped by a long, narrow handle, placed atop a carved human head, with simple hairdo and facial feautures. The shaft is covered by a snake coiling upward from the lower end of the staff.
- Century
- 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.67
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Artist
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Artist Unknown, African, Pende peoples
- Primary Keywords
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- human males
- staff
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples Democratic Republiic of the Congo
- Physical Description
- Elaborately carved staff with angular forms along the shaft and topped with a figurine with a rounded head, heart-shaped face and two stylized arms resting on the stomach. A large Z-shaped handle is carved in the middle of the shaft, with a series of cubes and conical forms above and beneath it.
- Object Creation Date
- 1930-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.36
- Medium and Support
- wood
- Artist
- Democratic Republiic of the Congo, Artist Unknown, African, Ngbaka peoples
- Primary Keywords
- figurines
- initiations
- staff
- staffs
- Title
- Model of goat
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Century
- 19th century?
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century (?)
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.101
- Medium and Support
- bronze
- Artist
- Japan, Artist Unknown
- Primary Keywords
- figurines
- goat
- Title
- Ogboni staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Brass female figure, kneeling with buttocks on the heels, atop an iron staff. The protruding eyes, nose, and mouth convey a serene, dignified and somewhat withdrawn look. The figure has a beard around the face; she wears ornamentation in small holes atop the ears, cone-shaped headgear, and an elaborate necklace; there is a small spiral motif on the forehead, and two larger spiral motifs on the sides of the body. The hands are held in closed fists in front of the body, the left hand on top of the right.
- Object Creation Date
- 1900-1970
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.39
- Medium and Support
- brass, iron
- Artist
- Nigeria, Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples
- Primary Keywords
- authority
- ceremonial staffs
- figurines
- iron (metal)
- Title
- Staff
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples Nigeria
- Physical Description
- Wooden staff covered with beads, displaying a zigzag pattern in blue, white, red, yellow, green and pink along the shaft, with an iron point at the base. The finial (top of the staff) consists of an equestrian, mostly in green, wearing elaborate red-and-yellow headgear, holding a staff and riding a multicolored horse, which stands on a rectangular platform adorned with a veil of ropes of beads.
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1950
- Accession Number
- 2001/2.45
- Medium and Support
- wood with beads, metal, cloth
- Artist
- Nigeria, Artist Unknown, African, Yoruba Peoples
- Primary Keywords
- beadwork
- equestrians
- figures
- figurines
- staff
- staffs